Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. Collectively, each team is working to get the word out to as many prospective students and families as possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost. Collectively, each team is working to get the word out to as many prospective students and families as possible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

The absence of outcry speaks volumes, reinforcing the notion that the presence of these students on campus is tolerated rather than embraced. With the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students in July 2023, approximately 760,000 incarcerated people can have college dreams.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Fundamental to all of this is the need to develop strategies born out of active and collaborative partnership, not merely looking within our own spheres.” A $1 million grant from the Delta Regional Authority, a federal-state partnership improving the quality of life in the Mississippi Delta, has allowed LSUE to go back to its agrarian roots.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

To adapt effectively, we need to rethink how we deliver the educational experience, which requires innovation and collaboration from everyone, regardless of whether you’re supporting an institution or working at one. As a grant recipient of this program, Lumen developed new courseware for Introduction to Statistics, built with equity in mind.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The two-year project — supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation — builds on campus work initiated through AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute. This work is necessary for advancing higher education, student success, and our economy.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Fonjweng said that the distinction stems from “hard, persistent and collaborative work, combined with a significant investment of institutional resources, which was started by our Quality Enhancement Program Committee and sustained by the talented and dedicated staff in our Office of International Programs.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

“NASPA is well-positioned to advocate for student affairs professionals around the world and, by doing so, we can demonstrate our commitment to student success and the association’s vision for fulfilling the promise of higher education. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years. Yet that rate drops to less than 48% for Hispanic students, 43% for African American students, and 31% for Native American students. Students receiving Pell grants have graduation rates 21 percentage points lower than students who are not Pell-eligible.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. Completion Grants. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. To have an institutional-wide approach to student success. These tweaks can help specific subgroups of students, but they also help all students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.” You are the experts.’”

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students. Completion Grants. Student Aid. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. Graduation.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The grant award will be used to fund Scholarship America’s ambitious data insights project, unifying large data repositories and applying analytics and visualization for deep, detailed, and actionable insights.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We welcomed new colleagues, celebrated a long-time equity champion , and commemorated 30 years of advancing equitable college access and success. Thank you for engaging with our work, sharing your insights and for YOUR ongoing commitment to supporting student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

A&T’s 1890 Center of Excellence for Student Success and Workforce Development (SSWD), earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at N.C. The nurturing she received as a student motivated her to pursue a career in science and fueled her desire to return to the university in 2007 and give the same to students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

I became interested in the topic because of my own experiences, primarily being a first-generation college student, being a student who received a maximum Pell Grant, and identifying as a gay Black student. “My interests in higher education are focused on access,” Means said. “I

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students. To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S. Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.” Across campus, there’s the school’s college for student success, which is named after the first Black alumna, Dr. Merze Tate, who went on to become an accomplished author and educator. This job requires being on 24-hours a day,” he says. “I

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy. For this to happen, we simply must achieve equity for those student groups that have been traditionally underserved.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’” Grant proposals are written to support additional CEED projects. Watford says. After completing his Ph.D.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 11, 2023

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona welcomed postsecondary leaders, researchers, and student success advocates to the U.S. The day’s conversations included inspiring reflections and honest accounts about challenges with accessing and using data to promote student success. By: Mamie Voight When U.S.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Corporate Partnerships: Forge partnerships with corporations to secure additional funding for scholarships and grants. Proactive Outreach and Recruitment: Community Partnerships: Collaborate with community organizations and schools to identify and recruit eligible students from diverse backgrounds.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What we learned about the future of student success from 1,200 success leaders. CONNECTED is my favorite time of year in the Student Success Collaborative , and this year did not disappoint! Here are my 3 biggest takeaways from CONNECTED22: The pandemic is still affecting student success in critical ways.

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Single Stop

MARCH 6, 2023

Since the initial partnership that began in 2021, Single Stop has screened more than 2,000 students for eligible benefits and supports valued at $29.4 Some of the public assistance programs included in the screening are Health First Colorado, Federal Pell Grant, and the Affordable Connectivity Program.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I arrived at Believe in Students in April 2020, just as the pandemic was rocking the world and changing college campuses, in some ways permanently. My job when I arrived was to figure out how to utilize incredibly generous philanthropic support to provide emergency grants to students.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas August 14, 2023 — by Holly Hexter, Neve Dole B Ashley Thomas spearheaded a strategic collaboration bridging TRIO Programs with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report bridget Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:10 Image Graduation Higher Ed Leadership Student Success University Innovation Lab This coming October, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) will celebrate ten years of collaborating with higher education institutions to increase their graduation rates.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We raised $5 million for cutting-edge collaborative innovation projects, and we welcomed new colleagues and partners to the digital ecosystem of our University Innovation Lab. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In 2023, the UIA launched its University Innovation Lab (UI Lab), an online hub and practitioner community that helps student success professionals innovate to improve outcomes for all students. Why We Need the UI Lab The UI Lab is for campus leaders and practitioners who are trying to move the needle on student success.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In this blog post, we draw insights from Tidewater Community College leaders to outline five practical actions community colleges can implement to improve students’ mental health and overall well-being that support institutional efforts to boost student success. What is a community college? Learn more 4.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It has become clearer than ever that we need a movement toward large-scale student success to elevate us as a society and as a competitive economy. We grew our network this year, from 11 to 14 institutions, to provide even greater opportunities for learning and scaling the most promising student success practices.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We raised $5 million for cutting-edge collaborative innovation projects, and we welcomed new colleagues and partners to the digital ecosystem of our University Innovation Lab. We know that when universities collaborate, students win -- and when students win, our country's future is bright.

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